VIET NAM COCONUT TREE
Beside the bamboo, coconut tree is also seen as a symbol of Vietnamese. Ben Tre province in Vietnam is well know as coconut island because it has a largest coconut growing area in VietNam. Ben Tre has not got a fertile land as other prince of Mekong Delta in Viet Nam. Soil is not good if famer grows other fruit trees. That is why, many many years ago, farmer grows coconut for many generations, and therefore they are most experience in growing this type of tree.
There are many kink of coconut tree in Vietnam. Some type of coconut of drink only with a smaller size and with different colour, green, yellow, red,… The Juice is much sweeter and tastier than coconut for oil. Drinking coconut tree is shorter than oil coconut. Oil coconut tree is higher and the colour of fruit changes from green to brown and the size is bigger.
Many people from over the world were telling that it is only in Vietnam that they saw its many use.
More than just a food crop, every part of the coconut tree is useful to mankind including the trunks, leaves, husks, fiber, fruit, water, oil, milk and desiccated coconut. Its multipurpose functionality not only supplies food for people, but also variety of other uses ranging from skincare to household cleansers, toys for children and furniture, wall and tabletop decor, carpet, bowls, baskets, utility boxes, tables and chairs, building materials, cosmetics, mattresses, draperies, animal feed, charcoal , and fuels,…
We can say , coconut tree went into Vietnam human life from immemorial times, very rustic , rustic . During over 4000 years of building and protecting our nation, Coconuts have become quite familiar with the Vietnamese culture and spiritual life.
Coconut oil and leaves participated in the revolution, lighted up Dong Khoi torch together and fought with residents to defend country from enemies. Moreover, coconuts are also one of five fruits which always appear in Vietnamese Tet holiday, wishing for a sufficient life. Children’s childhoods in Vietnam nothing more enjoyable summer afternoons with cool hammock canopy , hear the rustling of coconut leaves called together , and enjoy the sweet coconut , games from coconut , making trumpets coconut leaves , as the grasshoppers, locusts,..are very beautiful.
Due to such strong attachment and great uses that coconuts bring out, Vietnamese people have given them with a beloved name as “trees of life”.
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